Increasing your Officiating Pool and
Managing the Referees
WAHA Association Development Conference
August 1, 2015
Presenters
Tim Richter
[email protected]
Bill Spohn
[email protected]
Agenda
Wisconsin Hockey Officials Association
What is the Wisconsin Hockey Officials Association (WHOA) ?
Managing the Officiating Pool
Three Primary Focus Areas of the Referee Scheduler
Increasing your Referee Pool
Recruitment
1) Learn a different perspective of the game
2) Exercise
3) Great way to work on diplomacy/social skills
4) Compensated (Yes, you get PAID!)
5) Give back
Recruitment
Recruitment
Increasing and Retaining Officials
Retention
Retention
Pop Quiz
1) Time Constraints
2) Not assigned to games or enough games
3) Pay not worth the time/Too much time
Retention
Retention
Ideas to Help Retain Officials
Managing your Officiating Pool
Managing the Officiating Pool
Assigning
Not An Exact Science
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Important dates for a Scheduler and Official
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WAHA Rules and Screening for Officials
MUST
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Verification of Officials Registration and Screening
www.offserv.com/whoa/supv
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Verification of Officials Certification
College Students and Out of State Officials
BEFORE
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In summary, if an official is
unregistered or unscreened
DO NOT ASSIGN!
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Assigning Process
www.usahockey.com/page/show/902178-assignment-guidelines
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Assigning Process
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Assigning Process
These are the only systems authorized by USA Hockey and WAHA.
Assigning Tips and Best Practices
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Assigning Tips and Best Practices
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Assigning Tips and Best Practices
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WAHA Playoff and State Tournament Assigning
www.wihoa.org & www.wahahockey.com
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WAHA Playoff and State Tournament Assigning
WAHA Playoffs (February 12-14, 2016)
WAHA State Tournaments (March 5-6 and March 12-13, 2016)
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WAHA Playoff and State Tournament Assigning
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WAHA Playoff and State Tournament Assigning
The players, coaches and parents have worked
hard throughout the season to get to this point.
Your best officials need to be working these
events because it is important to these players,
coaches and parents!
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Other Resources and Support
http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0042/4260/USAH_
Assignor_Handbook.pdf